Spain returns 691 pre-Columbian artifacts to Colombia
Spain’s government returned 691 pre-Columbian artifacts covering 3,000 years of history to...
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Colombia anti-smuggling operations curb contraband traffic across Venezuela’s border
Anti-smuggling operations on both sides of the Colombia-Venezuela border made progress this week...
Submarine carrying 2.3 tons of cocaine found close to Colombia’s Pacific coast
A semi submersible vehicle carrying more than 2 tons of cocaine was found 50 miles away from the...
US freezes assets of Colombian drug kingpin
The United States on Wednesday froze the assets of the Colombian drug lord Jose Evaristo Linares Castillo under the Kingpin Act. Linares Castillo was labeled as a “Specially Designated Narcotics Trafficker (SDNT)” by...
4 killed in drug gang shoot-out near Venezuelan border
A confrontation between Colombian criminal gangs has killed four people near the Venezuelan border. According to Venezuelan authorities, gunfire was exchanged between cars carrying members of Los Urabenos –...
‘FARC uniform suppliers’ arrested outside Bogota
The Colombian Army arrests two people who allegedly supplied uniforms to the FARC, during a raid on a factory outside Bogota on Wednesday. The arrests were made by troops from Gaula, Cundinamarca in the town of San Cristobal,...
At least 6 Colombians killed in Guatemala attacks
The number of Colombians killed in organized crime-related attacks in Guatemala over the past week has been raised to at least six, according to information from the police to the Guatemalan press. “Primary investigations...
NGOs report rise in trafficking of underage virgins in Medellin
Two non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have reported a rise in the number of illegally trafficked underage female virgins in Colombia’s second city, Medellin. Angela Maria Jaramillo Burgos, researcher at the...
Army finds clandestine narco-airstrip
Troops in Colombia’s Caribbean region find a clandestine airstrip thought to be used for narco-trafficking by the drug gang “Los Rastrojos,” newspaper El Espectador reported Tuesday. Troops from the Joint...
New ‘evidence’ of navy links to drug gang
Colombian media group RCN released recordings of navy officers, arrested in October for allegedly being members of narco-trafficking group “Los Rastrojos,” apparently discussing deals with the drug gang. In the...
